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There have been more than 70 cases of measles in California and about two dozen in other states, Mexico and Canada. Most of these cases have occurred in people who have not been vaccinated. Thankfully, vaccination rates for measles in this area are high and our children are protected. By comparison, in the week ending Feb.5 alone, there were 3,174 positive flu tests in the U.S., according to the federal Centers for Disease Control. There were 11 influenza-related pediatric deaths in the past week. Eighty children have died of influenza-related causes this season alone. Cases of flu remain widespread in Connecticut. As a pediatrician, I advocate for children receiving all...

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There have been more than 70 cases of measles in California and about two dozen in other states, Mexico and Canada. Most of these cases have occurred in people who have not been vaccinated.
Thankfully, vaccination rates for measles in this area are...

MERIDEN — It was a tumultuous day Friday at Protein Sciences Corp. as the vaccine maker's executive chairman declared the firm was breaking off expansion talks with the state, but later, along with the CEO, suggesting the firm might reconsider.The anger...

Good for Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for making his recent influenza vaccination a public event. It's important for Connecticut's leader to counter the recent anti-vaccine blather from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and others.
But the...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wanted to send a message that vaccinations are safe and important to national political foes. So on Friday, he sat for a flu shot and Tweeted a photo of it.
Unfortunately, another group also heard a message loud and clear: Protein...

When you're Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, even getting a flu vaccination can be political, especially when it comes during a measles outbreak that has cast a harsh light on two presidential contenders accused of trying to appeal to vaccine doubters.
Malloy's...

STORRS (AP) -- UConn health officials have begun interviewing students affected by a flu-like illness on campus, hoping to pinpoint what led to the outbreak.
At least 10 UConn students have been treated over the last three days at nearby Windham Hospital...

People lost their minds last fall when four people in the United States were diagnosed with Ebola. Four.
Only one of the four succumbed to the devastating disease. The others were cured. Folks were calling for travel bans. They were demanding...

Connecticut is suffering a widespread influenza outbreak, and has been for weeks, as part of an increase in flu cases across the U.S., according to state and federal health officials.The state Department of Public Health said there were 444 positive...

Health care professionals are always telling us what we should do to take better care of ourselves. But have you ever wondered what they actually do to stay healthy?ShopSmart, the shopping magazine from the publisher of Consumer Reports, reached out to...

A Proctor and Gamble ad in The Courant on Christmas Day stated that 156,598 people got the flu in Hartford during the first week in December.
That must be one bad bug, as the population of Hartford is just 125,000.
H. Wayne Carver II, M.D., Old...

HARTFORD — Hartford Archbishop Leonard Blair fell ill Christmas Eve and was not able to celebrate the midnight mass at the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
Archdiocese spokeswoman Maria Zone said the archbishop has symptoms of the flu and is taking medicine...

Protein Sciences' mission is to save lives and improve health through innovative vaccines. We developed a flu vaccine that can be made quickly, unlike the typical vaccine, and we're working on an Ebola vaccine.
We're unusual in this. Although vaccines...

The symptoms come on fast and strong: muscle aches and pain, fever, headaches and exhaustion. The flu can knock you out for weeks, warns Consumer Reports — and that's if you're a healthy young adult.For the young, the old and those with weak immune...

"The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music." — Lewis Thomas
The pedigree of human beings, Thomas wrote, probably traces to a...

We are reminded periodically that life on Earth is fragile.
Asteroids, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, flu outbreaks and other natural disasters draw our attention to the risks. Indeed, the hazards are many and, as we learned in Boston, some are...

Polly Hincks was 85 years old when she decided to join the local Rotary Club.
Now 86, the polio survivor was eating dinner at The McAuley retirement community last fall when she met a few members of Rotary International. She learned that the...

Many people believe vaccinations are relegated to childhood, but the viruses and bacteria that cause severe illness in youth can also infect adults. In fact, certain common infectious diseases, like chickenpox or flu, are more aggressive in adulthood....

Sometimes parents hear an assessment or a diagnosis about their child that just doesn't feel right. But it can be easy to listen to a voice of authority, such as a principal or pediatrician, and doubt ourselves.
But after countless visits to doctors,...